Sunday, January 4, 2015

Naked House – Afterthought EP (2013)

Comment: Naked House is
an one-man-band (Damon Guyett) from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada whose 6-track
(within a 12 minute set only) issue is
amalgamation of chirpy light-hearted melodies and burbly electronic keyboard
driven pads, optimal string chords and brass whiffs thereby reminding of such
one-man-combos as Magnetic Fields, and His Name Is Alive, for instance. The duo
is backed up by highly sonorous and sensual vocal delivery of Ohsowhy (Ylva
Krantz) whose female vocal contributes to the catchiest ditty on it, called The Joke We Lived Isn`t Funny Anymore by
the way. The lyrics of the album is worth to be discovered (it says something about
the zeitgeist of modern youth). In a word, the duo`s musical approach is simple
and straight up yet striking your ears. Very good. Dig it.